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January 2020

  • Striking staff in November at University College London

    UK academics must stand up to stop universities becoming sweatshops

    Steven Jones
    Employment practices akin to dubious fashion outlets mean qualified professionals are used as poorly paid casual labour

October 2019

  • Thomas Swann in Leicester in front of duck mural

    Temporary work at £9 an hour. No wonder lecturers are balloting to strike

    Feelings are running high, union warns, with more than half of UK academics on short-term contracts

October 2018

  • Section from Dan Dare

    Jumpin’ jets, a woman! Call to update children’s books with female academics

    Dr Frankenstinker, Professor Branestawm … How can little girls become academics when all the role models are men?

September 2016

  • Snapchat

    University marketers: try making your message more Snapchatty

    Snapchat is quick, informal and hugely popular. Use it to bring your students together to share experiences and celebrate triumphs

August 2016

  • CCTV cameras

    Universities are tracking their students. Is it clever or creepy?

    Learning analytics are becoming increasingly popular for improving learning and cutting drop-out rates – but critics question the impact on privacy

May 2016

  • Illustration of woman dragging female gender symbol behind her on racetrack as men run ahead

    Don't turn student recruitment into a battle of the sexes

    Carole Easton
    More women attend university than men, and perform better when they are there. But their job prospects are still worse
  • Engineering students in hard hats inspect a piece of industrial machinery

    Balancing act: we need engineers in research, not just in industry

    Richard France
    The problem of the UK’s engineering shortage is well known, but the answer could lie in guiding more brilliant minds towards academia
  • Door in Oxford

    Changing career into higher education
    Switching it up: quitting big business to become an academic

    What drives people to give up successful (and lucrative) careers to enter academia? We spoke to three career-changers to find out

April 2016

  • Woman in library

    How to juggle a full-time job and a part-time PhD

  • Young woman in office, sitting on desk covered with grass and plants

    Why women's workspaces are a feminist issue

    Laurie Cohen
  • Group of students with lecturer

    How to help autistic students succeed at university

  • Marathon mountain runner, Bernese alps Switzerland

    Doing a PhD is as tough as training for a marathon - and I'm doing both

    Catrin Owen

March 2016

  • Charity car wash

    Fundraising brings universities more than just money. Here's how to do it well

    Eric Thomas
  • Laptop

    Follow the leaders: the best social media accounts for academics

  • Female lecturer

    Live Q&A: how far have we come on gender equality in HE?

  • Two females sitting opposite each other talking, back view of female long blonde hair wearing turquoise v neck top and blue<br>CEY3PE Two females sitting opposite each other talking, back view of female long blonde hair wearing turquoise v neck top and blue

    Student mental health: a new model for universities

February 2016

  • Old book and gavel

    Academics anonymous
    PhD vivas are unfair and I am paying the price

    Anonymous Academic
  • Audience applauding in theatre

    How to increase your impact with academic social media

  • Books in speech bubble

    How the government wants you to implement Prevent

  • Smiley face photos

    How to force metrics to take feelings into account

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